Adam's IMPORTANT IRISH ART 26 MARCH 2025

60 42 BASIL BLACKSHAW HRUA HRHA (1932-2016) Stalks in a Jar Mixed media on paper, 75 x 53cm (29½ x 20 ¾ “) Signed; also signed and inscribed with title on backboard verso Provenance: With Fenton Gallery, Cork, label verso; Sale, Sotheby’s London 2012; Private Collection, Dublin € 10,000 - 15,000 Basil Blackshaw was born in Co. Antrim but brought up in Co. Down, and studied at Belfast College of Art, where he received a scholarship that enabled him to travel to Paris for further study in 1951. His upbringing brought him close one of his favoured subjects – loose yet evocative equine scenes are prominent in his oeuvre. A major retrospective of Blackshaw’s work was held in 1974 at the Arts Council Gallery in Belfast, and another in 1995 was organised by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. The latter was exhibited at the Ormeau Baths, Royal Hibernian Academy, Crawford Municipal Gallery, and a selection of the works travelled to the United States for a further tour. More recently a retrospective was held at The Fenton Gallery in Cork (2005). He was a member of Aosdána, RUA and Honorary Member of the RHA. His works can be found in the collections of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ulster Museum, University College Cork, Trinity College Dublin, University of Ulster, AIB, and Bank of Ireland.